The DSTM package

The DSTM package consists of the DSTM library, a name server application, and
three sample distributed programs using the library. DSTM is a framework
enabling the use of the STM interface, known from concurrent programming, to be
used for distributed Haskell applications as well. Provided are a simple Dining
Philosophers, a Chat, and a soft real-time Bomberman game application.

Distributed communication is transparent to the application programmer. The
application designer uses a very simple nameserver mechanism to set up the
system. The DSTM library includes the management of unavailable process nodes
and provides the application with abstract error information thus facilitating
the implementation of robust distributed application programs.

For usage please look into the included file: DSTMManual.pdf, also available at
http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/prog/mitarbeiter/frank-kupke/.

Downloads

Maintainer's Corner

Readme for DSTM

Readme for DSTM-0.1.2

The Cabal library package
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Installation instructions for the DSTM library
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Installing as a user (no root or administer access)
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ghc --make Setup
./Setup configure --user
./Setup build
./Setup install
Note the use of the `--user` flag at the configure step.
Compiling Setup rather than using `runghc Setup` is much faster and works on
Windows. For all packages other than Cabal itself it is fine to use `runghc`.
This will install into `$HOME/.cabal/` on unix and into
`$Documents and Settings\$User\Application Data\cabal\` on Windows
If you want to install elsewhere use the `--prefix=` flag at the
configure step.
Installing as root / Administrator
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ghc --make Setup
./Setup configure
./Setup build
sudo ./Setup install
Compiling Setup rather than using `runghc Setup` is much faster and works on
Windows. For all packages other than Cabal itself it is fine to use `runghc`.
This will install into `/usr/local` on unix and on Windows it will
install into `$ProgramFiles/Haskell`. If you want to install
elsewhere use the `--prefix=` flag at the configure step.
User�s Manual
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Please see DSTMManual.pdf in the DSTM directory.
Bugs
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Please report bugs and wish-list items to:
frk@informatik.uni-kiel.de
Your Help
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To help us in the next round of development work it would be
enormously helpful to know from our users what their user experience is.